Roberto Eduardo Viola

Roberto Eduardo Viola (13 October 1924-30 September 1994) was President of Argentina from 29 March to 11 December 1981, succeeding Jorge Rafael Videla and preceding Carlos Alberto Lacoste.

Biography
Roberto Eduardo Viola Prevedini was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 13 October 1924 to Italian immigrant parents from Pavia. He became a military officer and assumed the leadership of the Argentine military junta on 29 March 1981, refusing to adopt any populist economic policies. He was ousted by a coup later that year, and, in 1983, he was sentenced to 17 years in prison. He was pardoned in 1990 and died in 1994.